"Originally and properly, according to ancient writers, The setting down of the foot or lowering of the hand in beating time, and hence (as marked by this) the stress or ictus; the stressed syllable of a foot in a verse; a stressed note in music."
That's from the Oxford English Dictionary. That's the oldest meaning of a pretty common word.
ADDED: The word is "thesis." Thar surprised me.
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